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It's getting tasty as Liverpool stars Van Dijk and Isak square off in sizzling Texan showdown

- FROM JEREMY CROSS IN HOUSTON

FRIENDSHIPS will be flung out of the window tonight when Sweden take on Holland in a World Cup showdown in Texas.

The Group F clash in Houston will see a head-on collision between Alexander Isak and Liverpool team-mate Virgil van Dijk (the pair, left).

It's a scrap between two adopted Scousers which could well decide the outcome of a game crucial to both sides. Sweden made a barnstorming start to the tournament after swatting aside Tunisia in a 5-1 Monterrey massacre.

Isak was one of the standouts of the five-star show, scoring his side's second goal and providing two assists, to remind the world what a potent striker he can be.

One which persuaded Liverpool to spend 125m on signing him from Newcastle last summer, making him the most expensive player in British football history.

But what happened since then makes that moment feel a long time ago. So long, in fact, that Van Dijk himself might need a reminder of how lethal Isak is again.

Since welcoming Isak to Anfield, all Van Dijk laid eyes on is a very expensive and frustrating flop.